An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota, Part 22

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Marshall, Minn. : Northern History Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 726

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1889-Edwin M. English, Peter A. Johnson, J. C. Lawrence, Anna L. Weikle, N. Maude Butturff, C. M. Gislason.

1890-Millie Sanders, Edna Fiske, Clyde Butturff, Nellie Drake, Mabel Paige, Joseph Forbes, Margaret Downie, Hugh Dickie, Thomas Cahill, Maude Downie, Arthur Drew, Thomas Salnon, Bert Drake.

1891-(no class).

1892-Mary Davis, Esther Davis, Kate Salmon, Julius Humphrey.

1893-Generins Lee, Frank Case, Robert Neill, Mame Madison, Addie Pierce, Bertha Snyder.

1894-Oscar Worman, John T. Cavanagh, Elijah T. Loomis, Stella M. Snapp, Thomas E. Davis, John Davis, Harry R. Gay, Lillian C. Link, Mande D. Link. 1895-Alice Langan, Harry Buttson.

1896-Gertrude Baldwin, Herbert Newton Dresser, Florence May Elliott, William Kirk English, Haldor B. Gislason, Glenn Roy Link, Ida Belle Marsh, Harvey Gordon Norton, Agnes Elizabeth Neill, Lillian Christine Johnson, Fauntie Grace Warren, Mand D. Link, Stella May Snapp, Laura Belle Maynard.

1897-Corrington Waite Thurston, Arni B. Gislason, Nellie Elvia Cummings, Mabel Agnes Dresser, Ida Belle Hall, Charlie Thomas MeLennan. Mande M. MeGandy, Royal Charles Millard, John Philip Smith. 1898-George Luther Andrews, Maurice John Breen, Birdie Hortense Champlain, Elizabeth Ida Davis, Myrtle Hope Elliott, Harry Hamilton Galbraith, John Gunnlaug Holm, Robert MeMaster Hood, Grace L.

MeGandy, Sarah Mande Murray, Edwin Gail Patterson, Ada Richardson, Manie Emnabel Tucker, Lurline May Watkins, Eva Maude Watson.

1899-Anna Kimber Boutelle, Simeon James Burchard, Christine Helga Edwards, Nathan Milo Fiske, Fred Green, Frank Egbert Norton, Willis Irving Norton, James Von Williams.

1900-Alice Rosalie Chamberlain, Charles Bayard Gibbons, Carrie Belle Ifieks, James Lewis Humphrey, Dunean Leroy Kennedy, Royal Aaron Kidder, Duncan James McLennan, Lottie O'Brien, Florence Amelia Patten, Callie Maude Pehrson, Frank Harvey Throop, Grace Eliza Wasson.

1901-Robert Mott Addison, Louisa Elizabeth Boutelle, Lewis Earnest Dresser, Lucy Rice Fiske, Rose Anna Gray, Frances Slingerland Harrington, Alexander Hood, Mary Ellen Keppel, Frederick William MeLennan, Wallace Edwin Mead, Myrtle Dorothy Miller, Nels Christian Nelson, Rollin Hunt Schutz, Rud Charles Wasson.

1902-Oetavia Maria Thompson, Roseoe Edward Berg, John Thomas Butson, Frederick Hollister Case, Helga Jonina Davidson, Edith Mae Forbes, Christine Lillia Hognason, Eliza Hood, Helen Julia Hunter, Alice Mabelle Jelleson, Edward Philip Kennedy, Edward John Lawrence, Madge Link, Mildred Link, Ethel May Patterson, Harris Edward Persons, Anna Veda Shepard, Sigrid S. Swanson, Eva Alice Tucker, Hazel Jane Wakeman.

1903-Hazel Payzant Andrews, Mary Lilly Clen- denning, Ella Agnes Chittenden, Walter Sessions Fiske, Gertrude Marie Hunter, Mabel Amelia Johnson, Erna May King, Julius Tobias Knudson, Elenora Amanda Kelson, Vera Nell King, Louise Gertrude Langland, Grace Laura Link, George Sloan Langland, Florence Gertrude Parker, Thomas Ambrose Regnier, C. Lloyd Ruliffson, Louise Elizabeth Schutz, Stefania Jona Swanson, Homer D. Sharratt, Leora B. Watkins, Leona D. Watkins.

1904-Phoebe Estella Madden, Paul Nathaniel Casserly, Cland Marion Hoagland, Charles Stuart Kidder, William Jones Galbraith, Stanley Herbert Addison, Willard Orville Persons, Petra Caspara Sole, Joseph S. Peterson, Lela Maude Patterson, M. Eleanor Bumford, Emma Henrietta Heilman. Elsie May Schmitt, Grace Mildred Goodwin, Mabell Harriet McCready, Elizabeth M. Chalmers, Ragna Lucile Johnson.

1905-Barelay Acheson, Lee Alexander, Harold Andrews, Georgia Bellingham, Roscoe Bellingham, Ethlyn Conway, Blanche Davis, Clair Dickinson. Mabelle English, Eva English, Gordon Forbes, Nina Hotham, Edna Hukee, Bessie Hunter, Violet Jelleson , Orion Kiel, Ina Lindsley, Edwin Neill, Claude Palmer,

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Again in 1891 the school house was filled to overflowing and the voters authorized a bond issue of $6000 to provide additional facilities. A four- room ward school house was erected in 1892 south of the Northwestern railroad tracks and was occupied for the first time in September of that year. J. D. Carroll was the contractor. The total cost of the building, heating plant and furnishings was $8232.35. The building was sold to Dr. F. D. Gray for hospital purposes in October, 1910, for $3000.

The high school building erected in 1886 was destroyed by fire on the night of December 8, 1898. The loss was placed at $20,000, covered by insurance to the amount of $13,000. Immediately steps were taken to rebuild. Plans for a new building, drawn by W. B. Dunnell, were accepted by the Board of Education in January, 1899, and a little later the contract was let to the Angus McLeod Company, of Minneapolis, on a· bid of $39,737, which was later increased, be- cause of changes in plans, to $41,000. A $40,000 bond issue was made and the building was completed and occupied in December. The cost of the building, heating, plumbing, ventilating, furnish- ings, etc., was about $60,600. It is one

Vida Pike, Lizzie Smith, Elida Sole, George Struthers, Harry Tate, Maggie Thornson, Lucile Watson, Louisa Wetherbee, Homer Wheeler.

1906-May E. Galbraith, Alice E. Meier, Sidonia A. Mathews, Seraphine B. Ehlers, Mina F. Snyder, Sylvia L. Cummings, S. Augusta Sigvaldson, Lloyd M. Thorburn, Francis Joseph Kennedy, Alice Louise Lindsey, Ernest Persons, Anna May Smith, Guy H. Kiel, John E. Silvius, Guy W. Hicks, Iva Elizabeth Aurandt, Velna P. Shannon, Earl E. Jefferson, L. Pauline Fitzsimmons, Inga A. S. Anderson, Wallace Jackson Kidder, Gordon Elwyn Kidder, Agnes Delila Ruane, Alma Dahlberg.

1907-Joseph Anderson, Bertha Bancroft, Guy Blanchard, Gladys Bumford, Naomi Chace, Charles De Reu, Mate Harden, Frank Hoagland, Louise Hollo, Clarence Kennedy, Kittie Kramer, Rolland Mathews, Nellie Moore, Nettie Palmer, Ambrose Ruane, Williard Ruliffson, Artys Schroeder, Ada Tibbitts, May Tib- bitts, Mabel Vodden, Louise Patterson, Flossie Kramer. 1908-Mary Arloine Bumford, Leila Marie Bush, Charles Louis DeReu, Henry Knox Elder, Joseph William Harrison, Charles E. Healy, Myrtle May Hollo, George Kingdom Johnson, Josephine Theresa Johnson, Winnie Sigridnr Johnson, Eva Nancy Kidder, Bertha Emma McCready, Mary Josephine Martin, Rolland M. Mathews, Ruth Minette Murray, Loline A. Musch, Beulah Pearl Palmer, Helen Mary Penison, Dale Simon, Minnie May Schneider, Ellen Lauretta Welch, Flora Catherine Wetherbee.

of the largest and finest school buildings in the state.

At the present writing (1912) 539 students are enrolled in the Marshall schools. Including the superintendent, twenty instructors are employed. The school ranks among the best in Minne- sota.

Besides the public schools, a Catholic school and a business college are con- dueted in Marshall.

St. Joseph's convent and academy has been in operation since March 1, 1900, conducted by the sisters of the Order of St. Joseph. It has grown to considerable prominence. In 1899 Mother Seraphine and Mother Celestine came to Marshall and their investigations led to the founding of the school. The Ma- honey residence was purchased for a school building, and on March 1, 1900, the school was opened, in charge of Sister Wilfrida, of St. Joseph's Academy, of St. Paul, assisted by Sisters Celesia and Du Rosaire. Several additions have been made to the original school house, and a large number of students receive instruction.

THE CHURCHES.

Seven church societies have organi-

1909-E. Rea Austin, Myrtle Barker, Eugenia Agnes Regnier, Lena Amelia Benson, Aroline Mary Forbes, Virginia Marie Johnson, Mae IIenrietta Mathis, Wallace Strait Schutz, Larus Sigvaldson, Harry Benjamin Spong, Willis Franklin Gillett, Grayce Clara White.

1910-Edith Lyle Bailey, Grace Winifred Bancroft, Mary Bernice Kennedy, Mary Hortense Ludwig, Mildred Alma McFarland, Henrietta Marion Addison, Nellie Miranda Austin, Oscar Bernard Bladholm, Ruth Etta Fulton, Joseph Penual Mathews, Cassalanzo Middleton, Elmer Joseph Molter, Robert John Myhr- vold, Ethel Catherine Porter, Alice Elizabeth Regnier, Lila Ruthe Sturgeon, Lillie Gudny Swanson, Myrtle Viola Thomas, Emma Mary Vergote, James Walter Kennedy, Julia Judith Vergote.

1911-Truman Lewis Bumford, Julia Malvina Johnson, Edna Christine Newman, Blanche Leona Regnier, Ella Sophia Strand, Adolphus Daniel Betour- nay, James Edward Blake, William Patrick Dolan, Nellie Annette Ledell, George Irving Peffer, Emma Bertha Peterson, Elizabeth Magdalene Poethke, Charles Leon Robinson, Benjamin Adolph Schutz, Edith Agnes Bourke, Luey Katherine Sharratt.

1912-Lucian Fred Wasson, Raymond Henry Lee, Anna Viola Nash, Mary Christenson, Mac Norali Middleton, Hattie Ellis Spong, Susan Clara Smith, Cecil Frank Brantner, Coxey Strand, Otto Julius Wienke, Seymour Le Grande Elliott.

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zations in Marshall and all of them have houses of worship. The churches are, in the order of their organization, Congregationalist, Methodist, Catholic, German Lutheran, Evangelical Associa- tion, Episcopal and Presbyterian. Three other societies have at one time and another been represented in Marshall but are not now. They were the Baptist, Icelandic Lutheran and Nor- wegian Lutheran.

The first religious services held in Marshall were conducted by Rev. W. T. Ellis, Methodist, of Lynd. They were held in the engineers' office in the summer of 1872. The next services were held a short time later by a Con- gregationalist minister, and the Congre- gational church was the first organized in the village.

In the summer of 1872 Rev. E. H. Alden, of Waseca, pioneer home mis- sionary of the Congregational church, came to Marshall and made arrange- ments for organizing a church. At the time the site was occupied by only two buildings and a tent. The tent was the property of Captain Herrick and Major Filkins, and in it they conducted a. saloon. It was the only available "building" in town for religious worship, and in it on several occasions Rev. Alden preached to the people of Marshall and vicinity.5 He later held services in the engineers' building and remained in Marshall during 1872.

The Congregational church was or- ganized by Rev. Alden on October' 6,

5"Captain Herrick and Major Filkins had a tent in which they had a saloon. Old Major Filkins tended bar. We didn't have a building. We went to see the major, and he said: 'Yes, certainly, I will elose my bar and you can hold services here.' A dry goods box was used for the bar, and I used to take a table cloth or sheet (table cloths were searce in those days) to rover the dry goods box. Before we came in he always used to turn up the sheet, treat the boys, and then close up. After the services were over he would open again and go on with his business, and I think the Sundays were just as orderly then as they are now. This tent stood right baek about where John Schneider's store is. They were the first church services in Marshall. It was considered work to take

1872, with the following members: Mr. and Mrs. Seth W. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Gibbs, Mrs. J. W. Elliott and Mrs. Cook. The first board of trustees consisted of Walter Wakeman. Seth W. Taylor and John W. Elliott. The first treasurer was J. P. Watson, who was also the first choirster. Mr. Buchanan was the first Sunday School superin- tendent and had charge of a union school until the Methodist school was organized in 1873.

Immediately after the organization of the Congregational church, in the fall of 1872, a start was made on a building to be used as a house of worship. It was begun in 1872 but was not com- pleted until the following spring. Rev. Alden and Walter Wakeman constituted the building committee. The structure was a two-story store building erected at the corner of Main and Fourth Streets. The lower floor was occupied - by a store, and the upper floor was used for school purposes during week days and by the church society on Sundays. The Congregationalists occupied this building until 1879, when it was sold to H. B. Gary for $1000.

Rev. George Spaulding became pastor of the church in May, 1873, and served until August, 1874. The first com- munion service was held in September. 1873. The next pastor was Rev. H. C. Simmons, installed in September, 1875, who was in charge until September, 1879.6 During the grasshopper days untiring efforts were required to main-

that lumber from the yard of the railroad company and then carry it baek again every Sunday, but some way Major Filkins had such a winning way with him that we always got enough boys to do it."-C. H. Whitney.

6Pastors of the Congregational church have been E. H. Alden, 1872; George Spaulding, 1873-74; H. C. Simmons, 1875-79; S. J. Rogers, 1879-81; J. B. Fair- bank, 1881-84; A. J. Dutton, Albert Warren and N. D. Graves, supplies during 1885-87; A. P. Lyon, 1887-1890; C. M. Harwood, 1891-94; George M. Morrison, 1894; George P. Merrill, W. N. Moore, J. W. Vallentyne, W. A. Boekoven.

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tain the organization. The members were few, times were exceedingly hard, and great energy was required to keep the church in existence.

Better times came upon the com- munity and early in August, 1878, the Congregationalists began work on a new church edifice, which was completed the next spring. The building commit- tee was composed of Rev. H. C. Sim- mons, chairman; J. P. Watson, M. M. Marshall and A. C. Chittenden. The new church, which cost about $4000, was dedicated free from debt May 18, 1879, by Rev. Dr. MeG. Dana, of St. Paul, assisted by Rev. Champlain and Rev. Moses.

The church completed in 1879 served the need's of the society until 1902, when the need was felt for a larger building. About $6000 were expended in rebuilding, the work being in charge of a building committee composed of M. W. Harden, chairman; James Law- rence, R. R. Bumford, Mrs. W. S. Dibble and Mrs. H. M. Langland. The corner stone was laid October 4, 1902, and the church was formally opened June 28, 1903.

While the Congregational church was the first organized in Marshall, the Methodist, officially organized in 1873, is in reality the oldest church society in the city. Its organization was a con- tinuation of the Methodist church of Lynd, which had come into existence several years before and the jurisdiction of which extended to the village of Marshall. The history of the Methodist church of Marshall dates back to the very earliest settlement of Lyon county; in fact the first settlers came for the

purpose of founding a church and school in the frontier region.

According to the records of the Methodist church, on September 26, 1867,

A. W. Muzzy, his daughter, Sophia, wife of Rev. C. F. Wright, member of the Red River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and L. Langdon and family took possession of Lynd and vicinity in the name of the Lord by establishing religious worship. On the follow- ing Sabbath they instituted divine worship and maintained it regularly thereafter [sic] every Sabbath.

In November, 1867, the worshippers were reinforced by the arrival of the family of Luman Ticknor, and the following spring by the family of George Cummins. The Methodists of the little settlement organized a church society in October, 1868, and for the first time had the services of a regular clergyman, in the person of Rev. C. F. Wright. On March 24, 1869, the body was officially recognized by Presiding Elder N. Hobart of the Mankato district. The church was attached to the Redwood circuit and was put under the pastoral care of Rev. Wright, who was in charge until 1870.7

The conference of 1870 created a new charge, designated Lynd and Lake Shetek, with Rev. A. R. Riley as pastor. The same year a Sunday School was organized and a log meeting house was built at Lower Lynd. In 1871 the church was moved to Upper Lynd and Rev. A. Eastman became pastor. A frame building was put up, used for a church for a short time, and then moved to Lower Lynd and transformed into a dwelling. Thereafter for a time the Methodists worshipped in the Lynd school house, but in 1872 the Methodist charge was moved to the new village of

7 Among the early members of the church and the year they became members, according to the church" records, were the following: Mary II. Laythe in 1869; O. C. Charlotte, Leslie Gregg, Levi and Emily Kiel, Ellen, Howard, Henry and Zilphia Langdon, Benjamin, Nancy and William Sykes, Luman and Mahala Tieknor in 1870; George and Mary Linderman, D. H., Jane and

Olive A. Ticknor, Henry and Eliza Schaffer, Richard and Charlotte Tupper, Charles S., Sarah A. and Olive Grover in 1872; A. 1 .. , Anna and Emaline Baldwin, Luey Deland, Emma Eastman, Seth and Jennie Johnson, H. B. and Anna A. Loomis and Fanny A. Hoaglin in 1873.

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Marshall. That was during the pastor- ate of Rev. J. H. McKee, with Rev. W. T. Ellis as local preacher. $

Services were occasionally held in Marshall in 1872 and early in 1873 by Revs. W. T. Ellis and O. C. Gregg. The church organization was perfected August 17. 1873.9 Rev. Gregg became the pastor of the Marshall church, and the Lake Shetek and Saratoga appoint- ments were set off. Rev. George Galpin became pastor in 1874. and under his charge substantial progress was made by the society. In the fall of 1874 a parsonage was erected on Fifth Street, opposite the location of the future church. During the summer of 1875 a little chapel was erected on the north end of the present school grounds, on lots donated by the townsite owners. The church, dedicated August 15, 1875, cost about $800, and in it the Methodists worshipped until 1886. The little build- ing was later moved to another location and remodeled into a residence.

Increases in membership made neces- sary a larger church building, and in 1885 steps were taken to build. On July 20. 1885. the board of trustees decided to erect a church to cost not more than $3000, but work was not to commence until $2500 were raised. Almost that amount was raised before the year ended. A location at the corner of Lyons and Fourth Streets was purchased of E. B. Jewett and on December 18, 1885, plans and specifi- cations were accepted.

The church was erected in 1886, largely through the efforts of B. J.

&The following have served as pastors of the Meth- odist church from the time it was recognized by the church authorities to the present: C. F. Wright, 1869-70; A. R. Riley, 1870-71; A. Eastman, 1871-72; J. H. MeKee, 1872-73: O. C. Gregg, 1873-74; W. T. Ellis, 1974; George Gaplin, 1874-76; J. T. Lewis, 1876-77; Il. P. Satehell, 1877-79; J. N. Liscomb, 1879-82; J. W. Powell, 1882-85; J. A. Cullen, 1885-87; F. M. Rule, 1887-88; E. P. Robertson, ISSS-91; W. S. Cochrane, 1891-92: George R. Greer, 1892-93; Frank P. Harris, 1893-95; J. A. Sutton, 1895-98; Samuel Ellery, 1898-02; Benjamin C. Gillis, 1902-07; S. Arthur

Heagle. Seth Johnson. M. Sullivan and Dr. E. D. Allison. Its cost was about $7000. The church was dedicated No- vember 14, the services being conducted by Rev. Robert Forbes, Rev. J. W. Powell and Rev. E. R. Lathrop. Rev. J .. A. Cullen was the resident pastor at the time. A new parsonage was erected in 1905 at a cost of $5200.

A larger building was demanded in 1909 and on May 29 of that year a con- tract was let to George D. Carroll to remodel the building. A building com- mittee composed of M. E. Drake, Peter Walker, H. B. Loomis. W. G. Hunter, George Caley and Rev. S. A. Cook was appointed and the work was rushed to completion. The cost of reconstructing the building was $10,200. It was dedi- cated Sunday, September 19, 1909, by Rev. Dr. F. B. Cowgill. the district superintendent, assisted by Rev. J. W. Powell and Rev. S. A. Cook, the local pastor.

The third church society organized in Marshall was the Baptist. During the summer of 1878 Rev. W. H. Schwartz, of Kenosha, Wisconsin. came to Mar- shall and in August organized a church with ten members. The officers of the society were J. M. Lockey. deacon; J. P. DeMattos, clerk; C. B. Todd, J. M. Lockey and B. H. Gibbs, trustees. A lot was purchased with a view to erecting a church edifice, but that was not done and the life of the society was short. During the life of the church services were held in the public school building.

The Catholic church-Church of the Most Holy Redeemer-was organized

Cook, 1907-10; J. E. Bowes, 1910-12. Of these, Revs. J. N. Liscomb, F. M. Rule and E. P. Robertson later became presiding elders.

9"On the seventeenth of August the Methodists organized a church society at this place, starting out with eighteen members. This is in the circuit of Rev. MeKee, but he having all he could attend to elsewhere, Elder Gregg, of Lynd, has usually filled the semi- monthly appointments here."-Prairie Sehooner,

September 20, 1873.

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in 1885. Several years before that time, however, services were occasionally held. The first mass was held by Father Tori in 1879, and that early there was talk of building a church.

There were only a few families of the faith in Marshall in 1884, but that year it was decided to erect a church. The decision was reached at the time of a visit in May, 1884, by Bishop John Ireland and Fathers Cornelius and Devos. J. W. Blake donated two lots east of the river, the business men of Marshall contributed nearly $1000, and members of the faith contributed lib- erally. The building was erected at a cost of about $1000 under the direction of a building committee composed of Father Devos, of Ghent, and Messrs. Janda and Humphrey. The building. though not entirely completed, was occupied for the first time November 30, 1884.

The church . was organized in 1885. The following were heads of the families representing the initial membership: John Hanlon, Daniel Minnick, Con Meehan. Richard Blake, P. W. Mullaney. James Smith, Owen Myron, Thomas Welch, Mr. Vergote, Mr. Loke, John Casserley, Pat Casserley, John Ruane, Pat Quigley. Philip Kennedy, John Zeigler and John Lewis. John Hanlon and Daniel Minnick were the first trustees.

Prior to 1890 there was not a resident pastor and services were only occasion- ally held, conducted by Father Edward Lee.1º Improvements were made on the church in the spring of 1889 and the interior was completed. The church was incorporated in October, 1890, the articles being signed by Archbishop John Ireland, August Ravoux, J. E. Devos, John Haidon and Louis Janda.

10Pastors of the Marshall church since 1890 have been as follows: Fathers Hugh Victor, 1890-93; Francis Jager, 1893-97; Buckle, 1897-98; Joseph Guillot,

The German Evangelical Lutheran church of Marshall is one of the old religious societies of the city. About 1877 the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of New Ulm sent Rev. Christ Boettcher as a missionary to Lyon and adjoining counties to minister to the German Lutherans at the expense of the Synod. Thereafter until a church was organized at Marshall in 1888 ministers of the faith, Rev. Boettcher and Rev. W. Shechietal. held services in the county.

The church society was organized in 1888 and Rev. R. Poethke has ever since been the pastor. The initial member- ship was represented by the families of the following: Theodore Tessmer, C. Mellenthin, G. Schultz, William Marx, Fred Goelcow and R. Murch.

For a number of years the Lutheran society did not have great strength, had no house of worship in Marshall, and had irregular services. In June, 1896, dissatisfaction arose among some of the members, who left the church and organized a new society under the pro- tection of the Ohio Synod of the German Evangelical Lutheran church. The trustees of the new organization were Fred Mellenthin, August Mellenthin and August Schwabe. The organization was brought about through the labors of Rev. W. Ehwald, who preached in and around Marshall from the fall of 1896 until the next spring. During his pas- torate the first steps to form the organi- zation were taken, and during the short pastorate of his successor, Rev. H. Drews, it was perfected. Rev. G. R. Wannemacher succeeded as pastor in the fall of 1897.

Lots for a church building were pur- chased on Lyons Street in April, 1897, and that summer the church was erected.

1898-10; William C. Soulard, Innocent Domestici and J. M. Sebillet, 1910-11; E. Damourette (assisted by J. M. Haquin), 1911-12.

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It was dedicated on Sunday, July 18, 10 by Bishop S. C. Breyfogel. of Read- by Rev. Ernst, of St. Paul. ing. Pennsylvania. The cost of the building was about $2500.

Both branches of the German Luth- eran church continued to maintain or- ganiżations until the summer of 1908, when a reconciliation was effected. A reorganization was made at that time by thirty families and services by the combined organization were held for the first time in June, 1908, conducted by Rev. R. Poethke.

The Salem Evangelical Association. another German church society, was also organized in 1SSS. . Rev. Loeven. of the Dakota Conference. began to preach to members of the faith in Marshall and vicinity. and, although there were only a few families, a class was soon organized. Rev. Loeven was followed in turn by Rev. Preise. Rev. G. A. E. Leppert and Rev. S. B. Goetz during 18SS and 1889, though none of these was a resident pastor. 11 During the first twelve years of the church's history there was no church edifice and during the greater part of that time services were held in the Ehler school house.

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An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota, Part 22

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Marshall, Minn. : Northern History Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 726

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Marshall, Minn. : Northern History Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 726